Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is perfect material for ...

Held at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward, the event saw eight members of the Shukiku Hozonkai (kemari preservation ...

People clad in ancient Japanese court outfits have performed a time-honored ball-kicking game to mark the New Year at a ...

An annual New Year’s event recreating kemari, an ancient ball game, was performed at Shimogamo Shrine in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, ...

Bonfires, drifting smoke and roasted mochi. Dondo-yaki is Japan’s mid-January fire ritual that marks the real end of the New ...

January, you might stumble across a surprising winter scene like a towering bonfire blazing in a shrine yard, neighbors warming their hands and skewers of mochi (rice cake) slowly charring over open ...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Amid the devastating fires that tore through Pacific Palisades in the Los Angeles area, remarkable stories of courage, divine intervention, and community support have emerged. One ...

Tokiy Shrine (Rauru’s Blessing) in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is located in the West Necluda region. As a Rauru's Blessing shrine, the challenge is getting into it. Tokiy Shrine is part ...

Chichim Shrine (Rauru’s Blessing) in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is located in the Ancient Prison Ruins in the Gerudo Desert region. As a shrine at the end of a sinkhole dungeon, it can be tricky to ...

The primary building at the shrine is the Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima, a gleaming Neoclassical church begun on May 13, 1928, and consecrated on October 7, 1953. Its slender central spire rises 65 ...